1999 in Brazil

1999 in Brazil
Events in the year 1999 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Vice President: Marco Maciel
Governors
Acre:
Orleir Messias Cameli (until 1 January)
Jorge Viana (from 1 January)
Alagoas:
Manoel Gomes de Barros (Mano) (until 1 January)
Ronaldo Lessa (from 1 January)
Amapa: João Capiberibe
Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
Bahia:
Paulo Souto (until 1 January)
César Borges (from 1 January)
Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
Espírito Santo:
Vitor Buaiz (until 1 January)
José Ignácio Ferreira (from 1 January)
Goiás:
Helenês Cândido (until 1 January)
Marconi Perillo (from 1 January)
Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
Mato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira
Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos (from 1 January)
Minas Gerais:
Eduardo Brandão Azeredo (until 1 January)
Itamar Franco (from 1 January)
Pará: Almir Gabriel
Paraíba: José Maranhão
Paraná: Jaime Lerner
Pernambuco:
Miguel Arraes (until 1 January)
Jarbas Vasconcelos (from 1 January)
Piauí: Mão Santa
Rio de Janeiro:
Marcello Alencar (until 1 January)
Benedita da Silva (from 1 January)
Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Filho
Rio Grande do Sul:
Antônio Britto (until 1 January)
Olívio Dutra (from 1 January)
Rondônia: José de Abreu Bianco
Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos
Santa Catarina:
Paulo Afonso Vieira (until 1 January)
Esperidião Amin (from 1 January)
São Paulo: Mário Covas
Sergipe: Albano Franco
Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos (from 1 January)
Vice governors
Acre:
Labib Murad (until 1 January)
Edison Simão Cadaxo (from 1 January)
Alagoas: Geraldo Costa Sampaio (from 1 January)
Amapá:
Antônio Hildegardo Gomes de Alencar (until 1 January)
Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo (from 1 January)
Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan (from 1 January)
Bahia:
César Borges (until 1 January)
Otto Alencar (from 1 January)
Ceará:
Moroni Bing Torgan (until 1 January)
Benedito Clayton Veras Alcântara (from 1 January)
Espírito Santo
José Renato Casagrande (until 1 January)
Celso José Vasconcelos (from 1 January)
Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho (from 1 January)
Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares
Mato Grosso:
José Márcio Panoff de Lacerda (until 1 January)
José Rogério Sales (from 1 January)
Mato Grosso do Sul:
Vacant (until 1 January)
Moacir Kohl (from 1 January)
Minas Gerais:
Walfrido Silvino dos Mares Guia Neto (until 1 January)
Newton Cardoso (from 1 January)
Pará:
Hélio Mota Gueiros Júnior (until 1 January)
Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes (from 1 January)
Paraíba: Antônio Roberto de Sousa Paulino
Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati
Pernambuco:
Jorge José Gomes (until 1 January)
José Mendonça Bezerra Filho (from 1 January)
Piauí:
Osmar Antônio de Araújo (until 1 January)
Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior (from 1 January)
Rio de Janeiro:
Luiz Paulo Correa da Rocha (until 1 January)
Benedita da Silva (from 1 January)
Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire
Rio Grande do Sul:
Vicente Joaquim Bogo (until 1 January)
Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto (from 1 January)
Rondônia:
Aparício Carvalho de Moraes (until 1 January)
Miguel de Souza (from 1 January)
Roraima:
Airton Antonio Soligo (until 1 January)
Francisco Flamarion Portela (from 1 January)
Santa Catarina:
José Augusto Hülse (until 1 January)
Paulo Roberto Bauer (from 1 January)
São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
Sergipe:
José Carlos Machado (until 1 January)
Benedito de Figueiredo (from 1 January)
Tocantins:
Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos (until 1 January)
João Lisboa da Cruz (from 1 January)
Events
January
January 1: Fernando Henrique Cardoso begins his second term as president of Brazil.
January 24: Central Station by Walter Salles, wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
February
February 1: Antônio Carlos Magalhães (PFL/BA) and Michel Temer (PMDB/SP) are re-elected, respectively, as presidents of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.
March
March 11: A blackout affects the Federal District, as well as ten states in the South, Southeast, and Central-West regions.
March 21: After 94 days, the kidnapping of Wellington Camargo (brother of the country duo Zezé di Camargo & Luciano) ends. Camargo was found in a bush on the side of a road in Guapó and the kidnappers were arrested.
March 22: The newspaper Agora São Paulo is launched to replace Folha da Tarde.
May
May 10th: The television network Rede Manchete ceases broadcasting, due to a growing decrease in audience, excessive interest on the station's debt and that of the Bloch Group; management failures and salary arrears since the previous year. The network later becomes RedeTV!.
June
June 6: In São José dos Campos, 345 prisoners escape from Putim prison through the front gate.
July
July 18: Brazil defeats Uruguay 3-0, earning their sixth Copa América championship.
July 26 - Truckers go on a national strike for four days in a row. Drivers claimed toll tariff reduction, tax exemption and retirement regulation.
September
September 29: Francisco de Assis Pereira, "The Park Maniac", is sentenced to 121 years in prison for the death of ten women in the State Park, in São Paulo.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1999/09/30/2/ Maníaco do parque' é condenado a 121 anos] (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo'' (30 de setembro de 1999).</ref>
November
November 3: Mateus da Costa Meira, a 24-year old medical student, kills 3 people in a theater with a submachine gun.Almanaque Abril: Edição Brasil 2000. Editora Abril, 2000. ISBN 8573392983.
December
December 11: Unsuccessful launch of VLS-1 V02 occurs.
Births
January14 January: Emerson Royal, footballer
March27 May: Matheus Cunha, footballer
August13 August: Giulia Be, singer15 August: Paola Reis, BMX rider
October8 October: Camila Rossi, rhythmic gymnast
December28 December: Ary Borges, footballer
Deaths
March7 March: Antônio Houaiss, writer and lexicographer (born 1915)12 March: Bidu Sayão, opera singer (born 1902)24 March: Ladjane Bandeira, journalist and artist (born 1927)
April1 April: Marcos Rey, writer (born 1925)
May18 May: Dias Gomes, dramatist (born 1922)22 May: Milton Banana, bossa nova and jazz drummer (born 1935)29 May: João Carlos de Oliveira, athlete (born 1954)
June12 June: Carlos Kroeber, actor (born 1934)19 June: Heloísa Helena, actress (born 1917)
July16 July: Franco Montoro, politician (born 1916)
August27 August: Hélder Câmara, Catholic archbishop (born 1909)
October
8 October:
Manfredo Fest, bossa nova and jazz pianist (born 1936)
Zezé Macedo, comedian and actress (born 1916)
30 October: Nise da Silveira, psychiatrist and student of Carl Jung (born 1905)
November19 November: Plínio Marcos, writer and actor (born 1935)22 November: Flávio Costa, football player and coach (born 1906)
December3 December: Edmond Safra, Lebanese-born banker (born 1932)8 December: Toninho, footballer (born 1948)24 December: João Figueiredo, 30th President of Brazil (born 1918)29 December''': José Cláudio dos Reis, sports administrator (born 1939)
See also
1999 in Brazilian football
1999 in Brazilian television
References
1990s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil